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Master
Senior Member

since 1999-08-18

Posts 1867
Boston, MA

0 posted 2004-01-24 09:04 PM

Poets starve on street corners with outstretched hands.
God, have mercy! I despise the sight of the page
where metaphors are recycled like aluminum cans
for a nickel a piece, but hardly make enough change
for me to buy beer (and I used to consider my verses
priceless). While you invest your time into money, blind
to beauty, trying to stuff your wallets and purses,
the muses are laboring and you pay them no mind.
My soul is swollen with unanswered prayers,
my words fall flat like a soldier’s lifeline,
I wake up every morning to the eternal grayness
that spreads like incense smoke over the skyline.
My closest friends are scattered throughout the centuries.
Try to make sense of the words they’ve left to remain in touch.
No, these aren’t poems you read, these are journal entries,
timeless and beautiful, treat them as such…

Check out my poetry here:

http://www.unknownpoets.com/db/authors/master

[This message has been edited by Master (01-25-2004 01:10 AM).]

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

1 posted 2004-01-24 09:27 PM

(sigh) I think this is true about many, who are starving artists desiring to get their pay, but I personally just enjoy having fun writing as it is a joy to me and I believe that is how writing should be approached, and if the opportunity comes along where you are honored for it, that is a bonus! (sigh) This is a powerful conviction you make in this journal entry, dearest friend, sell-outs or not, we are ALL poets, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Andrey, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"You'll find something that's enough to keep you
But if the bright lights don't receive you
You should turn yourself around and come back home" MB20

McLean
Member

since 2004-01-05

Posts 484
state of marital bliss

2 posted 2004-01-24 09:39 PM

Ok

McLean wasn't here, because I'd never read someone's journal.

Tim
Senior Member

since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

3 posted 2004-01-27 08:17 AM

fine effort, enjoyed the read.

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

4 posted 2004-01-27 10:43 AM

Your last two lines...
say it all.
My friend tells me my poetry isn't poetry,
they are pieces excerpted from a journal.

She may be right.

Thank you, Sir.

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

5 posted 2004-01-27 11:35 AM

Andrey~
When I read you ... I come away from these forums with a clear understanding of what 'journal entries' are supposed to do~

'My soul is swollen with unanswered prayers'

This line is simply to die for~

And now I am poetically sated~

EXCELLENT ... and it's WONDERFUL to see you~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

[email protected]

skyshine

Member Elite

since 2002-02-07

Posts 3058
Beneath the northern stars

6 posted 2004-01-27 12:52 PM

Hey, I like journal entries....mine are ALL very special to me, whether they rhyme or not....nice work here.

~sky

Hold on, if you feel like letting go
Hold on, it gets better than you know....
~Good Charlotte

Snow

Senior Member

since 2000-10-16

Posts 1170
desert flower looking for rain

7 posted 2004-01-29 07:25 PM

where metaphors are recycled like aluminum cans

I love your way with words! especially
the above... love it!!

snow

"...why does my skeleton pursue me
if my soul has fallen away?"
~p.neruda

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